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I prefer the original art from the original picture sleeve and the exact reissue that came with the vinyl "Warner Bros. Studio Albums Vinyl Box" over this new art.

Thats surprising to me, that their first lp's were red... I got a shipping notification email yesterday about the new 45 release, it should be delivered this tuesday. Still wish they would release that viola 45... one of my favorites

hi lightfoot, how do you know that it was shipped yesterday? that 45 was a japanese issue. same cover as 1st lp.red vinyl first press and reissue on black. what must they of thought of it? their first 3 lps were also red vinyl.

Mine shipped yesterday. Hopefully it'll be here next week. Also, I was just looking at a comprehensive list of all of the GD singles, and I see there was a 45 released with Viola Lee on both sides, but its being skipped on this go-round? List goes: 1. Don't Ease Me In/ Stealin' ('66) 2. Golden Road/ Cream Puff ('67) 3. Viola Lee p.1/ Viola Lee p.2 ('67) 4. Dark Star/ Born Cross-eyed ('68) 5. Dupree's Diamond Blues/ Cosmis Charlie ('69) etc. Anyone know why they're skipping the Viola 45? JW since they stated these would be released in order...

when is this shipping?

I watched it on TV August 22,1967. I was 13 and it made a major impression on me. That's when I can say definitively when I first heard of and saw (albeit on TV) the Dead. Next real exposure was a year later when my brother Rick brought Anthem of the Sun home. Then my first four Dead shows in 1970, all at the Fillmore East and one could say the dye (tie dye) was set. There is no turning back. Anthem is still one of my top five all time favorite albums, of any band or music.

Anthem 50th- Outpost, I hear you! I have an insane love for that album- I mean, Anthem of the Sun... it's a phenomenon... 'mix(ed) for the hallucinations' as Garcia put it. One of my top ten all-time favorite albums. Insanely great recording, and even the album art and name, everything about it is just out of this world- really the first true Dead album, the Ur album for them. I've often thought, 'Gosh, wouldn't that be great to play at my funeral?' But I'm sure it ain't gonna happen, and just as well, it's probably not what you'd call a 'popularly accessible' sound, huh? It's simply its own absolutely perfectly offbeat ear-flavor of licorice. Anyway, first mix, the later mix, love 'em both- such a quantum leap forward from the first album. I wish that the Dead had composed more albums like this, but don't get me wrong- I'm grateful for so much of the other paths they took in the studio. But Anthem just puts me in a space all its own. Antonjo, a 5.1 mix of Anthem as a whole- could be mind-blowing. Unlikely to see it, but sign me up if it happens!

The Mono version of the 1st LP is the better mix, in my opinion; much more powerful.

yes i have played them . the first single was played about 35x now . sound excellent, cover ,useless value A+++. as for golden road, they DID NOT use the original 45 mix. that 45 was in MONO and had a drum overdub on the song golden road. what they did was use the STEREO versons that are on the s/t first lp. sound ,excellent, cover, useless,value , none.

will this sent out sept 1 as listed?